Last week I was honored to be a part of a panel discussion that explored the news business in the era of social media. The venue was the weekly live roundtable program “Insights” on PBS Hawaii, hosted by Dan Boylan (who is also a political columnist for MidWeek). My fellow panelists were Mark Platte, news director [...]
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Social Media and News
June 6th, 2013 by Ryan Ozawa · No Comments · Media, The Web, Video
Tags: journalism·news·socialmedia
Local Teams Launching Lasso, Startups at SXSW
March 8th, 2013 by Ryan Ozawa · No Comments · Technology, The Web
The South by Southwest (SXSW) festival is now underway in Austin, Texas, starting with SXSW Interactive, which draws thousands of startups and entrepreneurs hoping to make connections or launch the next big thing. And as usual, there are creative and talented people from Hawaii in the mix. This year, Chad Podoski and Jason Skicewicz are at SXSW [...]
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‘Catching Fire’ Filming in Hawaii
November 27th, 2012 by Ryan Ozawa · No Comments · Media, Pop Culture, The Web
Production on ‘Catching Fire,’ the sequel to the ‘Hunger Games‘ movie, has moved to Hawaii. While shooting started in Atlanta in September, it’s expected to wrap here in the islands before the end of the year. The first film, based on the bestselling novel, has grossed over $400 million since its release in March, so anticipation is [...]
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Local Popsicles, Sauces Launched on Kickstarter
November 25th, 2012 by Ryan Ozawa · No Comments · Food, The Web
Kathy Sills, the culinary artist behind the former Mission Houses Museum Cafe & Tea Parlor, says the Aloha Ice Cream Tricycle came to her in a dream. And she, her custom-made tricycle, and her handmade popsicles have become a fixture around town ever since her debut at “Eat the Street” last July. She even became [...]
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Google Goes Underwater
September 26th, 2012 by Ryan Ozawa · 5 Comments · Technology, The Web
Google announced yesterday the first underwater imagery in Google Maps. And among the locations you can explore are Hanauma Bay on O’ahu, and Molokini crater off Maui. Evan Rapoport, former island resident and now Google employee, wrote: “This is definitely the coolest thing you’ve seen in a long time. You can now use Street View to [...]
City Launches Open Data Portal
July 24th, 2012 by Ryan Ozawa · 3 Comments · Government, Technology, The Web
The new Data.Honolulu.gov site takes the city’s transparency efforts “to the next level,” expanding upon the “CAN-DO” portal it unveiled last March.
Hacks/Hackers Hawaii
July 13th, 2012 by Ryan Ozawa · No Comments · Media, Technology, The Web, Video
When my friend and fellow geek Burt Lum suggested we start a local chapter of Hacks/Hackers, I was initially skeptical. Frankly, both of us have an unhealthy tendency to jump into the latest cool tool or group, and we’d just had a Sunlight Foundation meetup. But when I finally looked into it, I was immediately [...]
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Going Back In Time on Twitter
July 9th, 2012 by Ryan Ozawa · 1 Comment · Social Media, Technology, The Web
When I first signed up for Twitter in November 2006, it was even harder to explain than it is today. Twitter was born as a group SMS messaging service (a side project of a now defunct podcasting company), evolved into a “microblogging” platform, and eventually grew into a social network and a major player in [...]
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Maui Makes Dancing Matt’s New Video
June 20th, 2012 by Ryan Ozawa · No Comments · People, The Web, Video
Globetrotting dancer Matt Harding has, at long last, posted his latest “Where the Hell is Matt?” video. And among the many clips making up the montage, we see him attempting a fire dance in Kihei on Maui. The two-second scene appears along with other dances in places ranging from Texas to Thailand to Pyongyang, North Korea. [...]
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Hawaii Gets Big Google Street View Update
June 19th, 2012 by Ryan Ozawa · 4 Comments · Hawaii, Miscellaneous, Technology, The Web
Google today added over 200 popular Hawaii visitor attractions, historical sites, resorts, parks, schools, and golf courses to its Google Street View collection. And the expansion takes Google’s 360-degree imagery of the Aloha State beyond the open road. The announcement was made at a special media event at Hanauma Bay this morning (more photos here). [...]
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